The second International Symposium was originally planned on the theme of new realities for global security with advice from the Department of International Politics Aberystwyth University, the oldest of its kind in the world.

Subsequently, a High Level Expert Group (HLEG) meeting was convened at the Celtic Manor in February 2016 co-ordinated by Prof John Wyn Owen FLSW, Treasurer of the Learned Society of Wales. This meeting was supported by the LSW and Public Health Wales.

The Learned Society was represented by the Treasurer, the CEO and the President, who spoke at the dinner on the first night.

The report and the recommendations of the 2016 HLEG on New Realities for Global Health Security were presented by HE Bertie Ahern and Professor John Wyn Owen at the 33rd Annual Meeting of the InterAction Council in Baku, Azerbaijan in March.